My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.) My level after: At ease in most situations
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At the beggining it´s quite difficult to express yourself in english. But in a few weeks you can talk fluent english with no problem. The Icelandic it´s different because for people that talk a latin languaje (like me) it´s very difficult to talk fluent Icelandic. But I think that, in one year I would start to talk without feeling shy.
My level before: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.) My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
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At the begging was a little bit hard communicate with other people, because i wasn't able to let the other understand me. Anyway after the period that i spent there, in Reykjavik, i've improved a lot my english, and now i'm able to understand everybody speaking english, and i can speak very fluently, also the technical english.
My level before: Did not speak it My level after: Everyday knowledge (shopping, directions, etc.)
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In Iceland, almost everyone understands English. But Norwegian and Icelandic is not so different, so I could make myself understood and understand them if we could not reach eachother through english.
My level before: No problems in any areas (including slang) My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
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Everybody in Reykjavík speaks fluent English so knowing Icelandic is not necessary. However, knowing the local language is never a mistake so I can recommend learning some Icelandic, either through ERASMUS language courses or through the online course from HI icelandic.hi.is
Icelandic language is not the easiest in the world, but after a while I got a good knowledge. But if my pronounciation is very good, my vocabolary still needs to be improved.
My level before: No problems in any areas (including slang) My level after: No problems in any areas (including slang)
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since i didnt speak icelandic, it was sometimes hard to communicate with friendly old people in the street, but usually i was talking to other non-natives in english
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